Protect Yourself from the “Glitches”
Keith Hocter · OCLC Micro · 1985
Your microcomputer probably draws its power from a standard 110‐V wall receptacle. As we're all aware, unfortunately, our power supply is not 100% dependable, and computers are especially vulnerable to power loss because the computer stores its information in a type of memory called RAM (Random Access Memory). The content of that memory is erased whenever the power to the computer is interrupted, even for an instant.